Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Raghunath Karan Vs. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. & Ors. dated 20/07/2015 regarding CSR activities in village Kotia, Bherukheda-II and Agucha in District Bhilwara, Rajasthan by Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
Two Lesser Florican (males) birds were fitted with satellite transmitters in Ajmer by a team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) for tracing their migration pattern. A first-of-its-kind scientific experiment, the WII team included senior scientist K Sivakumar, researcher Mohan and officials of forest department. According to …
The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to Rajasthan government, including the Chief Secretary, and its various departments on affluent and sewer discharge in to Bhilwara's heritage Gandhi-Sagar pond. The NGT, Central Zone at Bhopal which has jurisdiction on states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, has sought reply by …
Livelihood vulnerability assessment to climate variability and change - A presentation by Abhishek Nair at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
The Rajasthan government has allocated a large iron ore block at Bhilwara to RINL in a move that has been approved by the union mines ministry. It is, perhaps, the first positive news coming out of the mining sector which is still reeling under the impact of the ban on …
Illegal mining activities in the state resulted in agitations at Jaipur and Bhilwara in the past two days. In Ugryawas area in Jaipur district, nearly 7,000 people started a united struggle against mining in the area while a large crowd came out on the road in Jahajpur town of Bhilwara …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court has issued notices to the state government and Jindal Saw Ltd requiring to show the authority of the government to acquire land for mining purposes of a private company owned by Jindal group. The order came on a writ petition filed by more than 50 …
Expressing concern over the killing of peacocks in the state, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has asked police to take stern action against the poachers. Increased poaching of peacock for feather is posing a serious threat to the national bird in the region, Special Officer of the Wildlife Crime Control …
Jaipur: The higher level of fluoride content in water, causing dental and skeleton fluorosis, will be measured by fluoride ion meters in Jaipur. A state government report says that quality of water will further deteriorate with climate change. The medical, health and family welfare department has purchased fluoride ion meter …
An ambitious food fortification programme launched in Rajasthan this past September benefiting school children through the mid-day meals scheme will be expanded this year to cover about 10 lakh children. The centralised kitchens are supplying fortified soya dal analogue containing additional micronutrients under the project. The State Government is implementing …
The state government is rearing a white elephant in the name of sewerage treatment plants (STP) and the concept of water treatment to generate potable water is merely an eyewash, says a two-member monitoring committee of the Rajasthan high court constituted to oversee the Ramghar Dan catchment area and ancillary …
Udaipur-based Hindustan Zinc has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Rajasthan Government for adopting 92 Government schools in phases in Chittorgarh and Bhilwara districts. The group will improve facilities in these schools under the public-private partnership model. Hindustan Zinc plans to spend about Rs.3.35 crore on the project. While …
With loss of habitat and rising incidents of human-bear conflicts plaguing the sloth bear population in Rajasthan, the state government has drawn up an ambitious conservation plan for the nocturnal animal. During a recent survey conducted by the Wildlife Trust of India, the sloth bear population was found to be …
NEW DELHI The Cabinet committee on infrastructure on Thursday cleared highway projects worth . 1,500 crore, the government said. The projects, to be executed under phase IV of the national highway development program (NHDP), include widening of the Rajsamand–Bhilwara section of National Highway 758 in Rajasthan to four lanes. The …
It also cleared a project worth over Rs 600 crore for two-laning of Salasar-Haryana Border section of NH-65 The government today approved Rs 899.24 crore investment proposal for building a section of National Highway 758 in Rajasthan. It also cleared a project worth over Rs 600 crore for two-laning of …
The first tunnel close-pit mining in Rajasthan started here in Kayar area to produce zinc and allied minerals, including silver and lead, will bring pump in Rs 1 crore every month initially as royalty to government's coffers. The first production of mineral from the Kayar mine was sent to a …
Jaipur gets respite; adjoining districts of Dausa, Sikar and Sawai Madhopur continue to suffer Rains continued to batter half a dozen Rajasthan districts in the eastern and northern parts for the second day on Thursday taking the toll of casualties to 26 in the past 48 hours. Though there was …
New Delhi GAIL India has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity order that upheld the PNGRB’s decision to accept the technical bid of the Gujarat State Petronet-led consortium for laying the R5,000-crore Mallavaram-Bhopal-Bhilwara-Vijaipur gas pipeline project. GSPL, which currently operates about 2,000 km of pipelines in …
With the monsoon below normal this year and particularly patchy across a few regions, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra are exploring cloud-seeding options to bring rains. The India Meteorological Department has forecast a 23% deficient monsoon this year. Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Resources' subsidiary and the world’s largest manufacturer of zinc, …
Hindustan Zinc has decided to plant one lakh saplings at its sites in Rajasthan to mark World Environment Day. Its zinc-producing mine at Rampura Agucha in Bhilwara district has started plantation of 70,000 saplings as part of the ambitious drive. Inaugurating the drive on Tuesday, Bhilwara Collector Onkar Singh said …
